Gov. Jared Polis said earlier that the state was sending resources including a mine rescue team. Cripple Creek is a town of about 1,100 in the Rocky Mountains southwest of Colorado Springs.

Emergency personnel gather outside the Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine in Cripple Creek, Colo., after an equipment malfunction killed one person and left 12 others trapped underground on Thursday.

Denver (AP) — Investigators were trying to figure out Friday what led an elevator to malfunction at a former Colorado gold mine, killing one person, injuring four others and leaving 12 people ...

Elevator door was ‘broken’ during Colorado mine tour accident that killed 1 and trapped 12 By: Matthew Brown, Amy Beth Hanson, Mead Gruver And Jesse Bedayn, The Associated Press Posted: 11:28 ...

DENVER (AP) — A former Colorado gold mine where a tour guide was killed and a group of tourists was trapped for hours after an elevator accident has been ordered to remain closed and not conduct ...

The elevator was carrying a separate group of tourists when it malfunctioned about halfway down the mine shaft at the Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine, a tourist attraction in Cripple Creek, Colorado ...

Tour guide at former Colorado gold mine fell out of elevator after apparently not latching door By: Colleen Slevin, The Associated Press Posted: 3:34 PM CST Friday, Jan. 31, 2025 Last Modified: 4: ...

Emergency personnel stage outside the Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine in Cripple Creek, Colo., Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024, after one person died in an equipment malfunction during a tour of the mine ...

DENVER (AP) — Investigators on Friday were trying to figure out what led to an elevator accident inside a former Colorado gold mine that killed a tour guide, injured four others and left a ...